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Germany invades poland
1.5 million troops from Germany invade Poland at 4:45 am. They invaded Poland all along its 1,750-mile border. At the same time the German Luftwaffe bombed Polish airfields. The polish naval forces were attacked by German warships and U-boats in the Baltic Sea. The Poland attack was supposably a defensive action according to Adolf Hitler but France and Britain were not persuaded. -
britain and france declare war on Germany
At the beginning of WWII, Britain and France did declare war against Germany, after the German attack on Poland. Although Britain and France were very slow on attacking. The reason for this was the treaty was guaranteed Poland against foreign invasion. Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany and against Adolf Hitler. -
Churchill becomes priminister of Britain
Winston Churchill, first lord of the Admiralty, is called to substitute Neville Chamberlain as British prime minister following the latter’s resignation after trailing a confidence vote in the house of commons. Churchill was a British politician and Nobel laureate who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 and 1955. -
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Evacuation of dundrik (operation dynamo)
The troops from France, Britain and Canada were trapped between the English Channel, near Dunkirk and advancing German forces, During late May and early June of 1940. The Dunkirk evacuation is commonly known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, code-named Operation Dynamo by the British. Overall it was the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbours of Dunkirk. -
Itlay enters war on side of axis powers
Italy entered WWII on the Axis side as the defeat of France became apparent. Germany and Italy signed the pact of steel which formalized the axis alliance with military provisions. The three principle partners in the Axis alliance were Germany, Italy and France. These countries had recognised German domination over most of continental Europe. -
France signs armitice with germany
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Battle of Britain
The battle of Britain is the name given to the second world war defence of the United Kingdom by the Royal Air Force against an onslaught by the German Air Force which began at the end of June 1940. The battle of Britain was a struggle between the German Luftwaffe and the British Royal air force which raged over Britain between July and October 1940. -
Tripartite Pact Signed
The Tripartite Pact which is also known as the Berlin pact, was the agreement between Germany, Italy and Japan signed in Berlin on September 27th 1940 by, adolf hitler, galeazzo ciano and saburo kurusu. The tripartite pact replaced the anti-comintern pact with germany and later with italy. -
operation sea lion
This was planned for the late 1940's but it didnt actually happen. operation sea lion was never carried out during war as he germans lost the battle of britain anf it is now believed that hitler was more interested in the forthcoming attack on Russia as opposed to invading britain. -
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Seige of Tubruk
The seige of tobruk lasted for 241 days in 1941 after Axis forces advanced through Cyrenaica from El Agheila in operation sonnenblume, which was against the british western desert force in lybia during the western desert campaign of the second world war. -
operation Barbarossa
Operation barbarossa was the name given to nazi germanys invasion of russia on june 22nd 1941. operation barbarossa was originally named operation fritz. Germany invaded the soviet union. it was the largest military operation in history invloving more than three million axis troops and 3500 tanks. -
Bombing of pearl harbour
The attack on pearl harbour was also known as the battle of pearl harbour, the hawaii operation or operation Al. the japanese planes attacked the united states naval base at Pearl harbour, hawaii territory. the bombing killed more than 2,300 americans. -
britain and US declare war on Japan
The united states congress declared war upon the empire of japan in response to that country's surprise attack on pearl harbour the prior day. On the 8th od decmeber 1941 as america's pacific fleet lay in ruins at pearl harbour, president franklin roosevelt request and recieves a declaration of war against japan, -
Japan take Singapore
The battle of singapore, also known as the fall of singapore was fought in the south east asian theatre of the second world war when the empire of japan invaded the allied stronghold of singapore. singaore was the major british military base in south east asia. -
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Battle of Midway
the battle of midway was a turning point in the pacific war. the battle of midway fought over and near the tiny U.S mid pacific base at midway atoll. Six months after japans attack on pearl harbour, on the 4th to 7th of june, the united states navy defeated an attacking fleet of the imperial japanese navy. -
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first battle of El Alamein
the first battle of el alamein was a battle of the western desert camaign of the second world war, fought in egypt between axis forces. they fought in the deserts of north africa. -
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battle of stalingrad
the battle of stalingard happened from july 17 1942 to february 2nd 1943. it was the succesful soviet defense of the city of stalingrad in the USSR during world war 2. the russians consider it to be the greatest battle of their great patriotic war. it stopped germany to advance into the soviet union and marked the turning point of the tide of water in favor of the allies. -
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Seond Battle of El Alamein
the second battle of el alamein was a turning point in the north african camppaign. it ended the long fight for the western desert and was the only great land battle won by the british and commonwealth forces without direct american participation. -
D-Day landings
156,000 american, british and canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50 mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of frances normandy region. the invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assualts in history and it required extensive planning. By dawn thousands of paratroopers and glider troops were already on the ground behind enemy lines, securing bridges and exit roads. -
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Battle of the Bulge
the battle of the bulge is also known as the Ardennes Offensive. it was the largest battle fought on th the western front in Europe during world war II. it was also the biggest battle ever fought by the united states army. on this day the germans launch the last major offensive of the war, which was an attempt to push the allied front line west from northern france to northwestern belgium. -
Mussolini captured and executed
Benito Mussolini, dictator of italy was killed be partisans along with his mistress, clara petacci and some close associates. their bodies were taken to milan from the lecco district near lake como where they were arrested and killed. he was murdered in the final days of world war II. -
hitler commits suicide
Adolf hitler killed himself by gunsht on the 30th of April in his underground bunker in Berlin. hitler had very little choice he had to accept defeat since the russians were closing in. -
german forces surrender
the german high command, in the person of general alfred jodl, signs the nconditional surrender of agerman forces, east and west at reims in northwestern france. -
V.E day
VE day is also known as victory in europe day.this holidays marks the formal acceptance by the allies of worl war two of nazi germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. -
atomic bomb dropped on hiroshima
truman decided to bomb Hiroshima because he saw little difference between atomic bombing Hiroshima and fire bombing Dresden or Tokyo. The bombs, however, bought an end to the most destructive war in history. Truman, warned by some of his advisers that any given attempt to invade japan would result in horrific american casualties. -
soviet union declares war on Japan
At 11pm the soviet union declared war on the empire of japan. From the next day, 9th of August 1945, The soviet government would consider itself to be in war with japan. they poured more than one million Soviet soldiers into japanese occupied Manchuria, northern eastern china, to take on the 700,000 strong japanese army. -
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
On august 9th 1945, a second bomb was dropped in Japan, which resulted finally in japan's unconditional surrender. Before this, japan had not been too worried about the soviet union because they were so bussy with the German's on the eastorn front. The soviets surprised them with this invasion, its was so strong that 850 japanese soldiers were involved and 650 of them were killed or wounded within the first two days of fighting. -
Japan surrender- End of WWII
Due to the previous bombings from the soviet and US government, it left japan economically unstable, which left japan little choice but to surrender. The united states immediately accepted Japan's surrender. The states drops a bomb on Hiroshima and nagasak, and the soviet union declared war with japan. With that, japan formally surrenders which officially ended WWII. This is a significant point in history because the most horrible war had officially ended. -
united nations is born
The United nations in an intergovernmental organisation that was established on th 24th of october 1945. It was to promote international co-operation. It also replaced the innefective League of Nations, the organistaion was created following the scond worl war to prevent another conflict.